European Private Market Update
Read VRC’s latest insight into the European private markets: 2024 (potentially) promises improved deal flow and an improved fundraising environment as market participants gain clarity on economic factors.
Read VRC’s latest insight into the European private markets: 2024 (potentially) promises improved deal flow and an improved fundraising environment as market participants gain clarity on economic factors.
VRC’s latest research into the European private markets reveals a narrowing trend in coupon spreads for loans amid intensifying competition, prompting a 25 bps reduction in fairway credit spread ranges, impacting yields and signaling shifts in deal dynamics for 2024.
In the year ahead, expectations are for transformative deals by increased cross-border activity, a positive private equity outlook, ESG considerations, global tax changes, and more.
When looking at 2023’s PE landscape, the turbulence is clear. In exploring key trends, challenges and strategic shifts, we note that industry players are resiliently charting a course forward.
A review of the continuation fund market and a growing consensus that fairness opinions are necessary best practice for the health of the market. Plus, the SEC may be requiring them soon.
Related-party transactions between PE funds and their portfolio companies are fraught with the potential to create issues between limited partners. Fairness opinions can forestall such conflicts.
As we head into Q4 2020, the new normal in private capital markets has fully set in, generally defined by prudence and caution, albeit a work in progress.
Private equity investor interest in the physician practice sector has been gaining steady momentum.
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Market volatility spikes prompt considerations of appropriate methodologies for factoring market indications into valuations and reflection on when “smoothing” techniques should be employed.
Nearly a year since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed, there are still a number of questions about how to apply the new law but some areas, such as valuation, are beginning to get some clarity.
A technology company was purchased by large private equity investor. With the purchase price set, the new entity was capitalized with debt and three different types of equity securities.
A private equity sponsored cloud based provider of manager content, enterprise lending services granted certain management incentive units to participating executives, as compensation to incentivize management performance.
A shareholder of a closely-held hedge fund was not receiving the appropriate level of compensation per agreement with the controlling interest shareholder.
The asymmetric nature of carried interests requires the consideration of a range of scenarios.